Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, Long Island, in the metropolitan area of New York.

The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, founded in 1851.

The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, founded in 1883.

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, founded in 1764.

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.